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DRAWER SUPPORT.

No. 329,961. Patented Nov. 10, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT DFFICE.

THOMAS E. SCOTT, OF UTIOA, NEW YORK.

DRAWER-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,961, dated November 10,1885.

Application filed May 6, 1885.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS E. SCOTT, a resident of the city of Utica, and county of Oneida and State of New York, a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and usefulIm-provementin an Under-Drawer Support; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon.

My invention relates to an improvement in drawer-supports; and it consists of the mechanism hereinafter described. Under-drawers are ordinarily supported by lacing the same in the back by means of tape and eyelets, and quite frequently it is difficult to fit the waistband sufficiently tight to prevent their slip ping and sagging when used. To overcome this in part, hooks and clasps have been pro vided and used with suspenders for supporting the drawers. By this means the back is left entirely unsupported, except when they are closely fitted above the hips. To overcome these troubles and to support the drawers equally in front and rear, I attach preferably two buttons in front and twoin rear, which are attached to the waistband of the under-drawers, which support the same by buttoning the same into button-holes provided in the waist band of the pants. Astud-button or its equivalent may be used with button-holes in the waistband of the pants and drawers for supporting the under-drawers with or without suspenders, thereby overcoming the tendency to sag experienced in the use of other devices.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a section front view of a pair of pants, showing the button-hole forbuttoning the under-drawers to the waistband of the pants upon the right, and also showing the button upon the left-hand side of the waistband of the pants. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same, showing the button-hole in the waistband upon the right of the pants into which the button on the underdrawers fits, and on the left showing the drawers buttoned to the pants. Fig. 3 is a section front View of a pair of pants, the irregular lines showing a section of the pants removed exposing a section of the under-drawers with button attached or inserted in the waistband of the drawers.

Fig. 4 is a side view of a Serial No. 164,543. (No model.)

stud-button for securing the waistbands of the under-drawers to the pants.

Having described my invention with reference to the figures marked on the accompanying drawings, I will now proceed to describe the same by reference to the letters marked on the drawings, in which similar letters of reference referto corresponding parts th roughout the several views.

A represents the pants.

A represents the waistband on the pants.

B represents the under-drawers.

B represents the waistband on the drawers.

a a represent button-holes in the waistband of the pants for receiving the supporting-buttons.

a a to represent the supportingbuttons fastened to the waistband of the under-draw- 7o ers, and buttoned into suitable holes in the waistband of the pants.

a represents a supporting-button attached to or inserted in the waistband of the underdrawers.

The various buttons andholes arelocated to accommodate the button-holes in the waistband of the pants. Four supporting-buttons, or places for them, are shown. A greater or less number may be used without interfering with the usefulness of my invention.

In applying myimprovement, Arepresents an ordinary pair of pants,which is preferably provided with waistband A, attached thereto. In the waistband of the pants, between the suspender-buttons in front, I provide buttonholes a a. I also provide two button-holesin the waistband outside of the Suspender-buttons in the rear of the, pants, as indicated in Fig. 2.

a a a a represent the four button-holes in the waist of the pants for receiving the buttons or studs for holding the under-drawers in position.

B represents the under-drawersprovided at the top with Waistband B, of the ordinary construction. To the waistband of the underdrawers I attach buttons a a a a, which are located and attached to the waistband with reference to the button-holes in the waistband of the pants. These buttons are attached to the waistband of the under-drawers, either by sewing the same thereto or by providing button-holes for receiving the supporting button or stud a the suspenders.

b bb b represent the ordinary suspenderbuttons on the waistband of the pants.

I am aware that it is old to provide the waistbands of drawers with holes through which the end pieces of suspenders may be passed to hold the drawers up while being worn. I am also aware that it is old to provide overalls with straps which are permanently attached to the waistband by buttons, said buttons also serving as a means of attaching These constructions Itherefore disclaim; but I am notaware that a pair of pants has been constructed with a band provided with buttons for the suspenders, and with button-holes between these buttons; nor am I aware that a pair of drawers has been secured to a pair of pants in the way I secure them.

VVhatI therefore claim is In an under-drawer support of the charac- 2o ter described, the pants having the waistband 

